Temporary tie support



March 29, 1949. E. E. HAYTON 2,465,589

TEMPORARY T IE SUPPORT Filed Oct. 14, 1943 .;Y gm 5%;

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Patented Mar. 29, 1949 UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE TEMPORARY TIE SUPPORT Earl E. Hayton, Detroit, Mich.

Application October 14, 1943, Serial No. 506,287

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to means for facilitating manipulation of a tie between the folds of a shirt collar during the fashioning of the knot and contemplates merely the temporary mechanical aid to such procedure; as distinguished from the provision of permanent or semi-permanent collar supports, stiffeners, or frames such as have been hitherto suggested, more especially in connection with soft collars, as a means of maintaining shape in the collar while being worn, as well as a support for the portion of the tie between the folds of the collar.

The object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple device which may be temporarily slid in between the folds of the collar together with that portion of the tie which is to be pulled backward and forward between such folds during the tying operation. The device is intended to insure free running clearance of the tie between the folds of the collar and prevents the binding which is so commonly met with when the tie is ordinarily being manipulated, especially for the first time within the folds of a newly laundered collar. As soon as the required manipulation of the tie has been effected it is intended that the supporting and spacing device shall be removed as having served its sole purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a band of thin flexible material bent, or which may subsequently be bent, to the general circular form of the collar and shaped to provide a clearance space between said band and the inner fold of the collar when inserted between the folds of said collar, said band having means at its lower edge for receiving and supporting the lower margin of the tie during its manipulation and said band being also formed for free withdrawal from between the folds of the collar after the required manipulation of the tie has been effected.

Still further objects subsidiary to the aforesaid objects or resulting from the construction or operation of the invention as it may be carried into effect will become apparent as the said invention is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying said invention into effect, I may utilize the novel construction and arrangement illustrated. by way of example, in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the temporary tie support embodying the said invention, part of the collar to which it is applied being indicated, and;

Figure 2 is a cross section of the same.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts in both figures in the drawings.

l0 indicates the collar of the shirt having the usual inner and outer folds II and I2 between which the narrow elongated portion iii of the tie runs and is usually required to be manipulated backwards and forwards during your tying of the knot in the tie as is well understood, and this manipulation is very frequently rendered quite difficult due to the trapping of this portion of the tie between the folds of the collar with consequent binding and friction, sometimes to such an extent that the collar or the tie, or both, are unnecessarily stretched or distorted out of shape to the detriment of both material and appearance.

To obviate the aforesaid difficulties, I provide a flexible band i3 of any suitable material such as plastic, for instance, so shaped as to provide a space M between its inner surface and the opposed surface of the fold ll of the collar, when the said band is inserted between the folds of the said collar, and 15 represents inwardly and upwardly turned supporting means for the tie, which means may be in the form of a bead notched or interrupted throughout its length, as at I5, so that it will not interfere with the flexibility of the band as will be readily understood. Said notching of this bead may be dispensed with in cases where any great amount of flexibility in the band is not desired. such as when the band is already moulded or fashioned to the approximate size of the collar with which it is intended to be used.

I prefer to make a cross sectional form of the band arcuate as shown in Figure 2 or of such equivalent cross section as will provide the necessary tie space, the upper edge of the said band being, however, disposed substantially above the said bead [5 so that it extends inwardly somewhat of the medial annular portion of the band. I may also make the upper portion of the band I3 thickened, as at H, to promote the spacing of the collar parts it and [2.

It is also desired that the inner surface of the said band merge into the inner upper edge thereof in a substantially continuous manner so that when it is desired to remove the band from the collar, after manipulation of the tie has been completed, it may be easily slid downwardly over.

the encircling band of the tie within the collar and thereby removed without disturbing the tie or distorting the collar to any undesirable degree.

In its preferred form, as shown in Figure 2, the tie band liia is merely supported by the bead l5 while the said band is being ositioned between the folds of the collar. During the tying opera- {sermon-an v fatieand-the *tain said tie an ing thepositio "flexible band "having an inwardlyfand upwardly turned tie supporting bead along its Y lower edge extending substa'r'it tion, however. the band of the tie will assume the dotted position free of the said bead I5 as shown.

This invention may be developed within the scope of the following claims without departing from the essential features of the said invention and it is desired that the specification and drawings be read as being merely illustrative and not in a limited manner as to precise design.

WhatI c misz r p 1 1. A djejv orthe -type described comprising a flexible elongated band adapted for temporary insertion and complete and free positioning between a tie and the outer fold of a shirt collar, said flexible band being bowed transversely throughout its medial portion for the entire length thereof to hold the said outerifold of the shirt collar in spaced apartrelation"and 'form' an unrestricted slideway for the tie band, said slideway extending substantially throughout the length of the collar and opening towards the inner fold or the toner to facilitate "removal of the-band,

4 device of theftypefdesoribed, 'comprising a flexi'ble elon gated bandadapteu for temporary ind completeandfre e"positioning between r pl 4 a-shirt collar to mainter old in spaced relation-durn ri g and djusting or the tie; said v l'ly throughout thelengthof thecollarforf'recei I V g the lower edge of the tie band to facilitate'jinSert'iO jiOf thesarne between the folds of said collar,"and saidbead being relatiVely narrow-where y the neck band portion: of them when tightened will movefout or said-bead "and allow ea's'y' rnicival" of thefiiexibie "band.

the upper edge of said flexible band being directed inwardly throughout its neck encircling length'to a'point substantially above the inner edge o f said bead and presenting a surface ca-- pable of being freely withdrawn downwardly over a'positione'd'tie.

EARL E. HAYTON.

REFERENCES CITED iTheifollowing references are of record in -the file of this patent: "UNITED 'STATES PAI'ENTS Name Date q White et al. ;June 9,-'1Q03 tumpf Ju1y 2 7, l();9 Hamilton 'A prr 9, 1;9- 1 2 McDague Aug. 14, 191 7 FOREIGN PATENTS I Country Dat'e Great Britain l:. 1'91-2 Norway June 26,192

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